HORNBIILL FESTIVAL
HORNBIILL FESTIVAL
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About the Festival
- It is also called the 'Festival of Festivals'.
- Organized every year in the first week of December.
- It hosts a colorful mixture of dances, performances, crafts, parades, games, sports, food, fairs and religious ceremonies.
Importance
- It highlights the tradition of tribal people and boosts the state’s tourism potential.
- It reinforces Nagaland’s identity as a unique state in India’s federal union.
- It fosters understanding of Nagaland’s resourceful architecture and its ethnic cuisine.
Great Hornbill
- IUCN Red List Status- Vulnerable
- Found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- State bird of Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
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Do you know? Hornbills were once hunted for their beaks. They were used to make the traditional headgears by the Nyishi tribe men. (To symbolize manhood and valor) Hornbills were also hunted for their oil (believed to relieve pain) and for their meat. However, a new conservation movement is in motion to save the fast disappearing hornbills of northeast India. The tribes – who once hunted the exotic birds in large numbers – are now protecting their nests to help their numbers rebound. |
Festivals of Northeast
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Losar |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Saga Dawa |
Sikkim |
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Ambubachi Mela |
Assam |
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Dree Festival |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Moatsu Mong |
Nagaland |
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Rass Mahutsav |
Assam |
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Cheiraoba |
Manipur |
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Aoling festival |
Nagaland |
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Shillong Autumn Festival |
Meghalaya |
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Lui-ngai-ni |
Manipur |
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Sanken Festival |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Bihu Festival |
Assam |
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Losoong |
Sikkim |
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Nongkrem Dance Festival |
Meghalaya |
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Anthurium |
Mizoram |
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Kharchi Puja |
Tripura |
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Chapchar Kut |
Mizoram |
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Wangala Festival |
Meghalaya |
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Ziro Festival of Music |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Kang Chingba |
Manipur |
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Myoko Festival |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Judima Festival |
Assam |
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Yaoshang |
Manipur |
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Torgya Festival |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Dehing Patkai Festival |
Assam |
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Majuli Festival |
Assam |
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Behdienkhlam |
Meghalaya |
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Junbeel Mela |
Assam |
Major Naga Tribes
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Tribe |
Country |
Recognized as Scheduled Tribe in |
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Angami |
India |
Nagaland |
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Anāl |
India, Myanmar |
Manipur |
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Ao |
India |
Nagaland |
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Chakhesang |
India |
Nagaland |
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Chang |
India |
Nagaland |
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Chirr |
India |
Nagaland |
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Chiru |
India |
Manipur |
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Chothe |
India |
Manipur |
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Inpui |
India |
Manipur |
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Kharam (also Purum) |
India |
Manipur |
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Khiamniungan (or Khiamnungam) |
Myanmar, India |
Nagaland |
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Konyak |
Myanmar, India |
Nagaland |
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Lamkang |
India |
Manipur |
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Lainong |
Myanmar |
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Liangmai |
India |
Nagaland, Manipur |
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Lotha |
India |
Nagaland |
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Makury (sometimes spelt Makuri) |
Myanmar, India |
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Mao (also Ememei) |
India |
Manipur |
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Maram |
India |
Manipur |
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Maring |
India |
Manipur |
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Monsang |
India |
Manipur |
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Moyon |
Myanmar, India |
Manipur |
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Nocte (or Nokte) |
India |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Para |
Myanmar |
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Phom |
India |
Nagaland |
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Pochury |
India |
Nagaland |
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Poumai |
India |
Manipur |
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Rengma |
India |
Assam, Nagaland |
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Rongmei |
India |
Assam, Manipur and Nagaland |
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Sangtam |
India |
Nagaland |
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Sumi (or Sema) |
India |
Nagaland |
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Tangkhul |
India, Myanmar |
Manipur |
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Tangsa (or Tase in language coding name) |
India, Myanmar |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Tarao |
India |
Manipur |
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Thangal |
India |
Manipur |
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Tikhir |
India |
Nagaland |
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Tutsa |
India |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Wancho |
India |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Yimchunger |
Myanmar, India |
Nagaland |
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Zeme |
India |
Nagaland, Assam & Manipur |
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